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Anyone want to guess what caused this groove in the elephant's tusk? There wasn't a groove on the other tusk. The PH told me what caused it, but I will let you guys guess. I don't know if it matters, but it was on his dominate tusk (the shorter one). Hard to tell from the picture, but the groove is on the top of the tusk.   Regards, Terry  Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns] | ||
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Don 't know but it seems to be a common characteristic. I assume from tearing branches and dragging them across the tusk, or digging? I am open to guesses/opinions, including the PH's.  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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How about knocking the soil and grit off uprooted grasses and plants? All skill is in vain when a demon pisses on your gunpowder. | |||
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According to the PH, it is from the elephant cleaning off the dirt from the roots of uprooted grass/plants. The elephant pulls up a clump of grass with his trunk and then slaps it across his tusk several times to remove the dirt from the roots. Regards, Terry Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns] | |||
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Great piece of trivia. Thanks. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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I was going to say it grew up with a six pack plastic ring on it. A snare would have been a smaller groove. Thanks Mr. Carr | |||
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I wonder if anyone has any idea of what caused this in the buffalo horn? | |||
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Saeed- A bullet hole??? Hunting its not a Hobby its My Way of Life!!! | |||
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Walter sighting in his Blazer? ~Ann   | |||
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Terry, it is my understanding that elephant like any thing else has a dominant side, hence the shorter tusk from more use! The groove is caused by the ele breaking limbs out of trees by useing the trunk to bend them over the same tusk at the same place every time! This is common on several animals that feed from trees. Eland sometimes have grooves in one horn from the same reason! Opinion only!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Saeed, this is only a guess, but that seems to be a deformation being a double horn, with one growing out the side of the other, and being broken off, and broomed smooth over time! An x-ray might tell the story! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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